gelus
Latin
editNoun
editgelus m sg (genitive gelūs); fourth declension
- Alternative form of gelu
Usage notes
edit- Nominative singular gelus and accusative singular gelum are attested in ancient Latin (Old, Classical, Late Latin). These forms could belong to both the second declension (genitive *gelī) and the fourth declension (genitive *gelūs). In dictionaries (Lewis and Short, Gaffiot) it is mentioned as a fourth declension noun.
Declension
editFourth-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | gelus |
Genitive | gelūs |
Dative | geluī |
Accusative | gelum |
Ablative | gelū |
Vocative | gelus |
Noun
editgelūs
References
edit- “gelum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- gelu in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- gelus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Middle English
editAdjective
editgelus
- Alternative form of jelous
Old French
editEtymology
editFrom Late Latin zelosus. See jalous.
Adjective
editgelus m (oblique and nominative feminine singular geluse or gelusse)
- eager; zealous
- jealous
- circa 1250, Marie de France, Lai de Guigemar,
- Gelus esteit a desmesure
- He was jealous, incredibly so
- circa 1250, Marie de France, Lai de Guigemar,
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- Latin nouns
- Latin fourth declension nouns
- Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension
- Latin masculine nouns
- Latin non-lemma forms
- Latin noun forms
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English adjectives
- Old French terms inherited from Late Latin
- Old French terms derived from Late Latin
- Old French lemmas
- Old French adjectives
- Old French terms with quotations